A scarce inter-War K.P.M. pair awarded to Jamadar Raz Muhammad Khan, Manjhi Frontier Constabulary Post, North-West Frontier Province Constabulary, who effected a most gallant rescue of an elderly tribesman who was in danger of drowning in the Gomal River King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Raz Muhammad Khan. Jemadar, N.W.F. Constab.) on gallantry riband; India General Service 1936-39, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1936-37, North West Frontier 1937-39 (Subdr. Raz Mohd., F.C.) good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1931. The official joint-citation with Naik Lal Din, published in the Gazette of India Extraordinaire, 1 January 1931, states: ‘On the 25th July 1929, an old man named Umar Khan went to the bed of the Gomal River to collect drift wood, and was cut off by the river which suddenly came down in spate. For two days and nights he remained marooned on a sand bank, just clear of the water. The local Police and villagers had made repeated and unsuccessful attempts to reach the man. None of the local people, themselves strong swimmers, knowing the currents and the treacherous nature of the river, dared attempt to swim the flood. The river at the joint when Umar Khan was cut off was some 200 yards in width and the water was over seven feet deep; the sand bank on which the man was stranded became equidistant from both banks. The chief obstacles were the treacherous nature of the river, which is full of quicksands and whirlpools, and the force of the current which is fierce and swift. On the third day as the old man was in danger of succumbing to hunger and exhaustion, the villagers came to Manjhi post for assistance. On hearing of Umar Khan’s plight, Jemadar Raz Muhammad and Naik Lal Din at once left for the river bank. Both are strong swimmers but realised full well the risks they ran of themselves drowning. Despite this, they swam out, with the aid of an inflated bullock skin, and with great difficulty managed to bring the old man back to safety. Both the rescuers displayed gallantry of the highest order. Neither of them belonged to this locality, so that they had no interest in the rescued man and might well have copied the example of his friends in declining to risk the passage. The Gomal river has claimed many victims, including men of the Frontier Constabulary, so that there were plenty of reasons to deter the rescuers. Apart from the bravery of their actions, the Jemadar and Naik are to be congratulated on what most people would have considered a humanely impossible feat. It is noteworthy that the Jemadar has previously been commended for saving life in the water.’ Sold with copied research.
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Four: Warrant Officer A. McWilliam, Royal Horse Artillery China 1900, no clasp (21470 Bombr. A. McWilliam B. By. R.H.A.); 1914 Star, with clasp (21470 Sjt. A. McWilliams. R.H.A.) note spelling of surname; British War and Victory Medals (21470 W.O. Cl. 2. A. McWilliam. R.A.) nearly very fine £240-£280 --- Alexander McWilliam served with 3rd Brigade, R.H.A., in France and Flanders from 15 August 1914. Sold with copied Medal Index Card.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Suakin 1884, Tamaai (A. Mann. A.B. H.M.S. “Euryalus”) sometime silvered, contact pitting from star, good fine and better £300-£400 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, April 1994. Allan Mann was born at Alyth, near Blairgowrie, Perthshire, on 20 November 1862, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Unicorn (Time only) on 20 November 1878, and removed to St Vincent the following day. He served aboard a variety of ships before joining Euryalus as an Ordinary Seaman on 11 January 1882, his character rated ‘V. Good’ throughout. However, having been advanced to Able Seaman in May 1882, he was charged and found guilty of the theft of 3 Rupees from another A.B. in Euryalus in July 1884, and ‘adjudged to be imprisoned with hard labour for six calendar months.’ The Court, however, considered the charge proved, but Mann, in consideration of his previous good character, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment only. He earned both the Egypt 1882 medal and the clasps in Euryalus, the medal being delivered on board on 30 June 1883, and the clasps sent to Duke of Wellington on 19 February 1885. Despite his continued service in the Navy, Mann’s character remained indifferent and ‘Bad’ with several periods in cells, culminating in 42 days in Malta Gaol, followed by a further 90 days in a civil prison at Malta, upon the expiration of which he was to be ‘Dismissed the Service as objectionable’, which duly occurred on 6 May 1888. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.
Three: Battery Quartermaster Sergeant H. Feegan, Royal Artillery Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (14809. By. Qr. Mr. Sergt. H. Feegan. H/1st Bde. R.A.) ; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (8463. By. Qr. Mr. Sergt. H. Feegan. H/1st R.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Actg: Serjt: Maj: H. Feegan. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, naming lightly engraved on reverse points of star (H F H 1 RA) the first with pitting from star, good fine, otherwise nearly very fine or better (4) £300-£400 --- M.S.M. with Annuity £10 granted 1 January 1905. L.S. & G.C. and gratuity £5 awarded 1 April 1882. Henry Feegan was born at Purfleet, near Brentwood, Essex, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 7 April 1863. He served in Afghanistan and in Egypt with H/1st Brigade (also entitled to Afghanistan medal, no clasp; Egypt medal, Tel-el-Kebir clasp). He was discharged having reached the age limit on 9 December 1897, and died at Drayton on 20 October 1918. Sold with copied research and discharge papers.
A fine post-War 1964 ‘Aden Brigade’ B.E.M. Pair awarded to Staff Sergeant J. K. Roberts, Royal Signals, who was instrumental in enabling military and civil communications across Aden British Empire Medal, (Military) E.II.R. (22515075 Sgt. John K. Roberts. R. Sigs.) with Royal Mint case of issue; Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (22515075 S.Sgt. J. K. Roberts. B.E.M. R. Signals.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, good very fine (2) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1964. The original recommendation states: ‘Aden Colony and State. 17 May 1961 to 6 May 1963. He carried out his basic line work and administrative duties as Troop Sergeant of Line Troop most successfully. These line duties entailed a supervision of work effort on cable projects, works services and fault repairs through the whole of Aden State. In addition to these, his established duties, he was intimately concerned in the detailed planning of Signals Works Services for Aden Colony (and State) and the preparation of specifications and stores forecasts for such projects. He applied the knowledge gained from his General Post Office background and training to the multitudinous line communication problems, with an intelligence and shrewdness which always produced the right answer. His task on line communications was a difficult one owing to the paucity, indeed non existence in many instances, of cable routing records in the Services and Posts and Telecommunications Aden: These difficulties were aggravated by the rapid build up of Army units with associated new camps and installations. He showed admirable flexibility of mind in coping with the continual changes in communication planning required by this build up. A flair for making use of what equipment and cable was available as opposed to what was technically required enabled him to produce the solution to many immediate communication problems. His work called for a considerable and sustained personal effort far greater than that required or expected from one of his rank and seniority. His example was an inspiration to those who worked for and with him. These additional duties entailed close liaison with the Senior British engineers of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications Aden and his work enabled the first intelligible set of cable records for both civil and military installations, to be made. His conduct and ability gave an excellent impression of the potential of Army Signals to the Civil Technical Staff in Aden: so much so that the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications acknowledged his fine spirit of cooperation and his excellent work by sending a letter of appreciation, at the end of his tour, to Headquarters Middle East Command.’ John Keith Roberts was recommended for the B.E.M. on 3 July 1963 by Major P. A. MacGillivray, Officer Commanding No. 254 Signal Squadron (Aden), and Brigadier M. Harbottle, Commander Aden Garrison. Formerly known as Headquarters British Forces Arabian Peninsula (Independent) Signal Squadron, No. 254 Signal Squadron (Aden) was disbanded in 1965 and absorbed into No. 15 Signal Regiment, being later tasked with UN peacekeeping duties in Cyprus.
1939-45 Star (2), one with copy Battle of Britain clasp; Africa Star, this a copy; Italy Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, Canadian issue in silver; Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (2), one with overseas clasp; War Medal 1939-45 (2), one a Canadian issue in silver; India Service Medal; New Zealand War Service Medal; Australia Service Medal (NX9710 J. E. Madden); together with three miniature awards, comprising Atlantic Star; Burma Star; and Defence Medal, two of the stars gilded, generally good very fine (13) £60-£80 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Four: Warrant Officer Class II R. H. Burke, Royal Canadian Army Service Corps 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, both Canadian issues in silver; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada (WO. Cl.II (CSM) R. H. Burke RCASC) the three Second War awards all in card boxes of issue; together with two medalets and a miniature lapel badge, good very fine Canadian Memorial Cross, G.VI.R. (B.57292 Tpr. D. G. LaFleur) nearly extremely fine (5) £100-£140 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Donald George LaFleur was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 28 June 1921 and attested foe the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 4 September 1942. He served as a Guardsman with the Governor General’s Foot Guards, R.C.A.C., during the Second World War, and was killed in action on 14 August 1944. He is buried in Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, France.
Four: Signalman M. Edwards, Royal Signals, who was Mentioned in Despatches in 1944 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, with M.I.D. oak leaf, in O.H.M.S. card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr. M. Edwards, 34 Heathland Road, London, N16.’, good very fine Five: Signalman E. J. Read, Royal Signals, who served as a Wireless Operator in North Africa and Italy 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with two card identity discs, both impressed ‘Read E. J. C.E. 2345670’, very fine (9) £100-£140 --- Myrddin Edwards was born in Tylorstown, Glamorgan, on 23 November 1919. A sales progress clerk, he attested at Catterick for the Royal Signals on 23 May 1940. Raised Lance Corporal on 17 December 1943, he was later Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 6 April 1944). Attached to the 4th Indian Divisional Signals, he was promoted Lance Sergeant on 27 August 1945 and discharged to Army Reserve in September 1946. Sold with the recipient’s original Soldier’s Service and Pay Book; a letter from the War Office enclosing oak leaf emblem; Certificate of Transfer to Army Reserve; a fine mid-1950s Irish Driving Permit; and various photographs of the recipient and family. Ethelbert Jack Read attested for the Corps of Royal Signals at Prestatyn on 13 June 1940. An outfitter’s assistant, he was posted to training schools at Liverpool and Thornbury, and completed a wireless course on 20 October 1942. He was demobilised on 26 September 1946. Sold with an archive of original documentation including the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, this confirming medal entitlement; Soldier’s Release Book; a letter regarding medal entitlement, dated 3 February 1947 and noting his address as Parkstone, Dorset; Notice to join the T.A. for training, dated 14 June 1952; Record of Service Card.
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India General Service 1854-95, 3 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, Hazara 1891 (6971 Sergt. Farier [sic] G. Gregory No. 1 By. 1st Bde. E. Dn. R.A.) nearly very fine £160-£200 --- Medal and 3 clasps confirmed as Sergeant Farrier with 1/1st Brigade, Eastern Division R.A., later No. 9 Mountain Battery, R.A.
Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (6877 C. Sjt: G. McLaren. 1/V. B, Rl. Hdrs.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (665015 B.Q.M. Sjt. A. McLaren. R.F.A.) edge bruising to first, generally very fine (2) £90-£120 --- Alex McLaren attested into the Royal Field Artillery, Territorial Force and served during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre. He was later appointed Battery Quarter Master Sergeant.
A Great War ‘Battle of Festubert 1915’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private F. Ball, South Staffordshire Regiment Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (4-8804 Pte. F. Ball. 2/S. Staff: Regt.); 1914 Star 8804 Pte. F. Ball. 1/S. Staff: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8804 Pte. F. Ball. S. Staff. R.) medals unmounted, the first polished on the obverse, otherwise nearly very fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 5 August 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and resource on the 16th-18th May, 1915, at Rue du Bois. After the N.C. Officer and remainder of his machine-gun team had been killed or wounded, Private Ball, with great coolness and courage succeeded, under a heavy shell fire, in bringing his gun into action. He maintained his gun in an exposed position for two days on the left flank of a captured German trench under a heavy fire, and thus prevented the enemy repairing an important communication trench.’ Frederick Ball enlisted into the South Staffordshire Regiment Special Reserve on 14 June 1911, aged 17, a brass stump moulder by trade. Mobilised on 5 August 1914 and posted to the 2nd Battalion, he landed in France on 9 November 1914. He was appointed Lance-Corporal on 25 May 1915, shortly after his actions at the battle of Festubert for which he was awarded the D.C.M. He was wounded on 25 September 1915, by gunshot to the left leg and right thigh at Cuinchy during the Battle of Loos, and evacuated to England. He returned to France in August 1916 and on 27 August was transferred to the 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He was again wounded on 16 November 1916, while serving on the Somme and was evacuated to England at the end of that month suffering from trench foot. He spent the remainder of the War on home service. In October 1917 he was transferred to the Labour Corps, and in January 1918 he was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic 3rd Class. In February 1919 he was transferred to ‘Class G of the Air Force Reserve’, being finally discharged on 30 April 1920. Sold with copied research including attestation papers, R.A.F. service papers, War Diary extracts, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.
Six: Quartermaster Sergeant T. N. Newstead, Royal Engineers 1914-15 Star (20188 L. Cpl. T. Newstead. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (20188 Cpl. T. H. Newstead. R.E.); Defence Medal; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 3rd issue (1849242 C.Q.M.S. T. H. Newstead. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1849242 Sjt. T. H. Newstead. R.E.) G.V.R. awards mounted as worn, the G.VI.R. awards loose, the MSM in named card box of issue, contact marks and minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine and better (6) £200-£240 --- Travis Hargreave Newstead was born in Brant Broughton, Lincolnshire, in 1895. He attested into the Royal Engineers on 11 June 1910 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 November 1914. Post-War, he served in Germany where he married his wife Elaine, a member of Q.M.A.A.C., in Cologne cathedral on 23 November 1921. Returning home on 19 November 1925, he was subsequently advanced Company Quartermaster Sergeant and discharged on 17 February 1936. During the Second World War, he served with Air Raid Precautions, at his employer, Imperial Tobacco, Bristol. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, with annuity, in 1970, he died in 1978. Sold with the recipient’s original Certificate of Service Red Book; various group photographs; a named regimental medallion; various cap badges; and copied research.
A rare ‘Posthumous’ post-War K.P.F.S.M. pair awarded to Assistant Superintendent D. J. Flanagan, Palestine Police, who displayed outstanding courage and devotion to duty on the occasion of an attack by armed terrorists on Police Headquarters, Jerusalem, on 27 December 1945 King’s Police and Fire Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Gallantry (Dennis J. Flanagan. (Deceased), Asst. Supt. Palestine Police.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48, unofficial rivets between clasps (385 T.2 B.Sjt. D. J. Flanagan. Pal. Police.) nearly extremely fine (2) £800-£1,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.P.F.S.M. London Gazette 5 February 1946. The joint citation, with British Constables Nicholson and Hyde, states: ‘On Friday 27th December, 1945, a large number of Jewish terrorists armed with automatic weapons made an attack on Police HQ in Russian Compound, Jaffa Road, Jerusalem. In the course of the attack they destroyed an electricity distribution centre plunging the district around Police HQ into darkness. An enormous exchange of gunfire then occurred between police and the terrorists as they planted several bombs for the purpose of destroying the Police HQ building and killing as many police personnel as possible. British Constable Noel Nicholson, whilst engaging the attacking terrorists was killed in one of the resultant explosions. Assistant Superintendent Dennis Joseph Flanagan who was on his way to hospital in answer to an emergency call for a blood donor, hastened to the scene of action and armed with two revolvers entered the small lanes through which the attackers were likely to escape. After engaging a party of the terrorists he expended all ammunition from both revolvers and he was then shot and killed. As the terrorists escaped some ran into Zion Square located about 300 yards from the Police HQ. There British Constable Edward Hyde, who was off duty at the time, courageously engaged a group but was killed by overwhelming firepower of the offenders.’ Dennis Joseph Flanagan was born in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1912. Serving as Assistant Superintendent in the Palestine Police, he was killed in action when a joint Irgun-Lehi force, led by Shraga Alis, launched an assault on the British Intelligence Offices in Jerusalem. Despite the British having instituted special security arrangements in the Russian Compound following a preliminary attack in March 1944, the Jewish underground fighters proved adept at evading British patrols and managed to enter the building. Setting charges, the subsequent explosion resulted in the deaths of seven British policemen with large numbers of casualties trapped beneath the rubble or injured by the blast. The enemy success was overshadowed by the death of Yvi Aharoni - fatally injured in the attack - and the wounding of Yaakov Granek, later known as ‘blond Dov’, both Lehi force members. It also corresponded with further attacks on British Intelligence offices in Jaffa and the army camp at the Exhibition Ground in north Tel Aviv; at the latter, a British soldier and Irgun fighter under the leadership of Amichai Paglin were killed during a particularly intense exchange of fire. Sold with extensive copied research.
Six: Captain H. W. N. Dadswell, Royal Signals India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, Mohmand 1933, North West Frontier 1935, with unofficial retaining rods between and above clasps (6336253 Cpl. H. Dadswell. R. Signals.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue, Regular Army (6336253 Sjt. H. W. N. Dadswell. R. Signals.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Harry W. N. Dadswell) mounted as worn, very fine, the Mohmand clasp scarce to British troops --- Harry William Norman Dadswell was born in Tonbridge, Kent, in 1904. He witnessed extensive service in India on the North West Frontier and was later appointed War Substantive Captain in the Royal Corps of Signals on 16 November 1944 (Emergency Commission). He died in Croydon in 1970.
Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: J. Nolan. 23rd Foot.) good very fine £200-£240 --- Provenance: Llewellyn Lord Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2016. John Nolan was born in Dublin in 1840 and enlisted into the 109th Regiment of Foot on 11 February 1860. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, 4th Regiment of Foot on 30 June 1863, and then to the 23rd Regiment of Foot on 1 January 1879. He was discharged on 12 February 1881, having served overseas in Abyssinia and at Gibraltar (also entitled to Abyssinia Medal (769 Cpl., 4th Foot) and a Victorian Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Sgt., 4th Foot)). He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, with an annuity of £10, on 25 September 1902, and died in 1921.
Pair: Able Seaman G. Wilkins, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (B.Z.1693 G. Wilkins. A.B. R.N.V.R.) extremely fine Pair: Ordinary Seaman L. H. Woolmington, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British War and Victory Medals (B.Z.2323 L. H. Woolmington. Ord. R.N.V.R.) slight edge knock to BWM, staining to VM, otherwise very fine Pair: Private L. J. Evis, Royal Engineers, late Royal Naval Division, who was awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal in May 1938, for rescuing a boy from drowning British War and Victory Medals (263114 Spr. L. J. Evis. R.E.) very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Leonard John Evis, an electrician from Brigwater, Somerset, was born on 18 January 1895. He attested into the 63rd (Electrical Division) Royal Naval Division, in September 1915 for service during the Great War, and was transferred into the 24th Field Company, Royal Engineers in January 1917 upon its integration and formation. Post-War, in May 1938, he rescued a three-year-old boy from drowning at West Quay, Bridgwater, and was subsequently awarded the Royal Humane Society Medal. He died in 1982. Sold together with copied research.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper H. Breckon, Royal Engineers, who was fortunate not to lose a leg when struck by enemy shellfire Military Medal, G.V.R. (474752 Sapr. H. Breckon. Sig: Sub-Sec: R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (205193 Spr. H. Breckon. R.E.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918. Henry Breckon was born in Hull in 1899 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Central Hull Recruiting Office in February 1917. An electric wireman by trade, he joined the 9th Signals in France on 11 November 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal a little under a year later. Wounded in action on 6 October 1918, his Army Service Record notes the ‘considerable loss’ of calf muscle to his left leg in consequence of being struck by a piece of shell. Evacuated to hospital in Brighton, he was later discharged from the service and awarded a Silver War Badge. Given his young age, it seems likely that he returned home to his mother’s house at 15 Somerscales Street, Hull, to complete his recovery. Sold with copied research.
Four: Petty Officer First Class W. A. Moore, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb (W. A. Moore, A.B. H.M.S. Dryad); British War Medal 1914-20 (90825 W. A. Moore, P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. A. Moore, P.O. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Dreadnought) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, unnamed as issued, pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine; the BWM better (4) £300-£400 --- Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997. William Moore was born in Thurleston, Devon, on 24 October 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 13 March 1875. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 August 1880, he served in H.M.S. Dryad from 18 December 1883 to 10 November 1884, and was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 5 February 1889. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 8 August 1895, and was shore pensioned on 4 November 1897. Recalled for service on 2 August 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Pomone from September 1914 until demobilised on 21 October 1919. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Three: Private C. Tancock, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (4555 Pte. C. Tancock. D. of Corn. L.I.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (4555 Pte. C. Tancock. D.C.L.I.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- Cyril Tancock was born in the village of Golant, located three miles upriver from Fowey, Cornwall, on 24 May 1892. The youngest of three boys, Tancock relocated with his widowed mother to Lostwithiel in 1901 and later took employment as a cowman on a farm at Duloe. He served during the Great War with the 1/4th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry and was disembodied on 23 July 1919. Returned home to South West England, he married Winifred May Beacon on 22 November 1919 and died at Lostwithiel on 28 February 1954.
Four: Gunner G. Paley, 13/9th Brigade, Royal Artillery India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (1508 Gunner G. Paley. 13/9th R.A.); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1508, Gunr. G. Paley, 13/9 Bde. R.A.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (23357 Gunr. G. Pailey. 7/1. Lon: Div: R.A.); Khedive's Star, dated 1884, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £280-£340 --- Not entitled to clasps on Egypt medal but also entitled to L.S. & G.C. medal.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (G. W. Milgate, A.B. H.M.S. “Superb”) light pitting and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £100-£140 --- George William Milgate was born at Minster, Thanet, Kent, on 2 October 1858, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Duncan on 17 February 1874. He became an Ordinary Seaman in October 1876 and an Able Seaman in March 1878, serving aboard Superb from 6 October 1880 to 21 December 1883, including the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July 1882. He was discharged to pension on 18 February 1897. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.
Three: Signaller D. R. Harris, Royal Signals Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24792024 Sig D R Harris R Signals); N.A.T.O. Medal 1994, 1 clasp, Kosovo; Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued, in named card box of issue, extremely fine (3) £140-£180 --- David Raymond Harris was born in Bromley on 5 July 1970 and enlisted at Surbiton for the Royal Signals on 18 December 1986. A veteran of the First Gulf War and operations in Kosovo, he was discharged on 25 October 2003. Sold with copied Army Certificate of Service.
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. Hounsom, P.O. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Penguin.) impressed naming, minor official correction to ship, very fine £100-£140 --- George Hounsom was born in Portsea, Hampshire, in September 1859. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1875; advanced to Captain of the Quarter Deck in August 1885; and to Petty Officer 1st Class in July 1889. His service included with H.M.S. Cygnet between May 1877 and January 1883 (entitled to Egypt Medal with ‘Alexandria 11th July’ clasp - this being recorded as selling with L.S. & G.C. at Morton and Eden in December 2003). Hounsom also served with H.M.S. Penguin from April 1896 to August 1897 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in July 1896). The latter was employed as a Survey Vessel on the Australia Station, and carried out expeditions on behalf of the Royal Society to Funafuti in the Ellice Islands between 1896 and 1897. Hounsom was shore pensioned in November 1897. Sold with copied service papers.
Pair: Sergeant-Major Clerk H. Fairburn, Royal Garrison Artillery, later commissioned as Lieutenant Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2430 S. Major Clerk: H. Fairburn. W.D., R.G.A.) clasps mounted in order listed but not entitled to Cape Colony; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2430. Q: M: Sgt. H. Fairburn. R.A.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-£200 --- Herbert Fairburn was born near Dublin and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 15 June 1881, aged 15 years 6 months. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in September 1899 and was discharged at Johannesburg on 14 June 1902, intending to reside there. His discharge papers confirm Q.S.A. with four clasps (but not Cape Colony) and also the King’s medal with two clasps. He re-enlisted at Pretoria on 1 September 1904, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 22 February 1905. Sold with copied discharge papers.
Pair: Private G. H. Pampling, 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front, 13 May 1915 1914-15 Star (2589 Pte. G. H. Pampling, Camb. R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2589 Pte. G. H. Pampling. Camb. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Herbert Pampling) good very fine (3) £80-£120 --- George Herbert Pampling was born in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment in the French theatre of War from 14 February 1915. Private Pampling died of wounds on the Western Front on 13 May 1915, and is buried in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.
Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (P. Claherty. 88th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, suspension post re-pinned heavy edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £400-£500 --- Patrick Claherty was born Rahoon, Co. Galway, in 1836 and attested for the 88th Regiment of Foot at Limerick on 14 February 1854. He served with them in the Crimea, and was slightly wounded in the trenches before Sebastopol on 9 May 1855 by gun shot to the mouth. He saw further service in India (also entitled to an Indian Mutiny Medal with clasp Central India), and was discharged on 30 March 1875, after 21 years and 32 days’ service, of which 13 years and 167 days were spent soldiering in India, his period of service having been interrupted by five days’ ‘absent without leave’ in July 1872. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
Pair: Sergeant D. J. Connelly, Royal Artillery General Service 1962-2007, 3 clasps, Borneo, South Arabia, Northern Ireland (23823272 Gnr. D. J. Connelly RA. Duplicate); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (23823272 Sgt D J Connelly RA) note first medal officially impressed ‘Duplicate’, mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £300-£400
Victoria Faithful Service Medal (To Mr John Wagland, Coachman, for Faithful Services during 42 years to the Queen and her predecessor King William IV. 1873) attempted erasure of surname, scratch marks elsewhere to reverse centre, obverse good very fine £700-£900 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008. John Wagland was born at Charing Cross in 1814 and entered the service of King William IV as a Postillion on 2 February 1831. He was appointed Assistant Coachman in 1847 and Coachman in 1854. In 1873 he was presented with the Faithful Service Medal of Queen Victoria. Wagland retired from service to the Royal Household in 1879 and was granted use of the Queen’s Cottage, Bushy Park, Teddington, Middlesex. There he died on 24 July 1892. His father and grandfather had been in the Royal Service, and his daughter was, for a time, employed as Nursery Maid to the Prince of Wales’s children. Sold with two copied photographs of the recipient; copied extract from The Surrey Comet, 30 July 1892, containing his obituary; copied Death Certificate, and other copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (6438 Cpl. C. W. Bristow. 35th. Coy. 11th Impl: Yeo:) edge bruising, very fine £80-£100 --- Sold with copied medal roll extract and service papers that shows a 6438 Lance Corporal Edward Lyell Bristow as having served in the 35th (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from 28 February 1900 to 18 July 1901.
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s Chapel Stall Plate, gilded brass with engraved and painted image of a C.B. badge, inscribed ‘Archibald Campbell Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th (or the 1st Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath Nominated 4th June 1815’, 187mm x 114mm, the reverse impressed with the usual maker’s name, corners pierced for attachment, good very fine £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Archibald Campbell was born on 21 October 1774, the son of Sir James Campbell of Inverneill. Serving with the Army in the Peninsula, he was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel in the 6th Regiment of Foot on 17 September 1812, and commanded the 1st Battalion at the Battle of Vittoria in June 1813 (small gold medal for Martinique and clasp for Vittoria). He was appointed Lieutenant Governor and Commander of the Forces of Jersey in 1835 with the rank of Major-General (note that there is no Governor of Jersey, and the Lieutenant-Governor as representative of the British monarch acts as the de facto Head of State), and died in office in 1838. He is buried in the Parish Church of St. Helier, Jersey.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal J. C. Norcombe, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (510474 Cpl. J. C. Norcombe. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (510474 Cpl. J. C. Norcombe. R.E.) mounted as worn, very fine (3) £200-£240 --- M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919. John Charles Norcombe was born in Exeter in 1882 and is recorded in 1901 as working as a gas stoker for the Great Western Railway and living in Swindon. He served during the Great War with the Royal Engineers Transport and was awarded the Military Medal whilst attached to the 58th (London) Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Returned home to Exeter, he caught the attention of the North Devon Journal on 17 July 1924 when he was involved in a serious motor collision causing £23 7s. 6d. of damage: described by the plaintiff as a ‘rapid driver’, it was alleged that Norcombe lost control of his motor car on the descent of Fremington Hill and struck an oncoming bus. The resulting action in Barnstaple County Court later acquitted him of all charges, the bus company’s insinuation of recklessness and speed on the part of the defendant being somewhat undermined by virtue of his passenger - Police Constable F. J. Harvey of Exeter Police Force. Norcombe is later recorded as having died in Exeter in 1942.
Three: Private J. S. Jefferies, Rifle Brigade, who was severely wounded at Grootvlei on 26 December 1900 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (263 Pte. J. Jefferies, Rifle Brigade.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (263 Pte. J. Jeffries [sic]. Rifle Brigade.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 1st ‘coinage head’ issue (Joseph Sidney Jefferies.) light contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Joseph Sidney Jefferies attested for the Rifle Brigade, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He was severely wounded at Grootvlei on 26 December 1900, whilst serving with ‘F’ Company, under Captain C. Radclyffe. The Rifle Brigade at Grootvlei
After a quiet Christmas based at the Oceana Mine near Grootvlei, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Colville, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade, proceeded on a farm-clearing expedition, with a small column consisting of six companies of the 1st Battalion, a squadron of the 13th Hussars, four guns of 63 Battery, Royal Field Artillery, as well as one ‘pom-pom’. Colville left ‘F’ Company under the command of Captain Radclyffe, as well as some artillerymen, to guard the baggage wagons based at the mine. The column moved out in the direction of Roddewal, where after five miles they became involved in a small skirmish at the first of the target farms. During the skirmish a large party of approximately 450 Boers were spotted heading towards the Oceana Mine. A signal was sent to Captain Radclyffe informing him of this development, and he at once set about disposing his small force in an attempt to protect the baggage, with the pom-pom located near a small hollow. After a couple of hours had passed a number of mounted Boers appeared on a ridge a thousand yards away. As Radclyffe’s men opened fire the Boers dismounted, pushed forward, and sent out small parties to the left and right in an encircling movement against the Rifle Brigade position. Under heavy and accurate fire the pom-pom was moved down towards the hollow and back towards the compound – of the nine men who assisted in moving the pom-pom one was killed and the other eight all wounded. Seeing that the enemy were now advancing in considerable force, Radclyffe decided to send the baggage back to the column, whilst attempting to hold the Boers in check for as long as possible. Under cover of heavy Rifle Brigade fire from behind the wagons, the native teams began inspanning the oxen. When they were ready to move the native teams started off the wagons in the direction of Colville’s column and, as they did so, the small Rifle Brigade covering party came under very severe fire and had to retire, as the Boers saw that they were losing their target. During this time, Radclyffe and his sections continued their holding action but suffered a number of casualties, with their ammunition running out fast. With the baggage now well on its way, Radclyffe, who was lying wounded, ordered those in advanced positions who could do so to retire to the compound so as to avoid capture. No. 1 section provided covering fire until their ammunition ran out, at which point the Boers advanced rapidly, forcing their surrender, along with the wounded soldiers. Fortunately, at this point, the main column appeared on the horizon, forcing the Boers to withdraw, leaving their wounded prisoners behind. For some time the wounded on the ridge were exposed to fire from both the returning column and the Boers, and a corporal was seen to make a valiant attempt to carry the wounded Radclyffe to safety. Total losses that day were heavy, with 13 Officers and men killed, 44 wounded, and 19 taken prisoner. For his gallantry in defending the position, Captain Radclyffe was awarded the D.S.O. (article in the O.M.R.S. Journal, Winter 1995 refers.) Discharged, Jefferies saw further service during the Great War, initially with the 2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) in the Egyptian theatre of War from 5 November 1914, and then at the Rifle Brigade Depot, being awarded a Silver War Badge. Sold with copied medal roll extracts (with his surname spelt as it appears on the relevant medals); and other research, including an article entitled ‘The Rifle Brigade Near Grootvlei, Boxing Day 1900’, published in the Winter 1995 O.M.R.S. Journal.
Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (3597 Sgt.-Dmr. W. Taylor. R. Berks. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, contact marks, very fine £60-£80 --- William Taylor was born in Andover, Hampshire, in 1879 and at age 14 attested as a Boy Drummer into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 20 August 1892. He served in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasp for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; and King’s South Africa Medal with the two date clasps), and later served in India, being present at the Delhi Durbar 1911, a month after the award of his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Appointed Battery Quartermaster Sergeant, he served in Ireland during the Great War and was discharged to pension in February 1920. Sold with a Royal Berkshire Regiment cap badge, copied service papers, medal roll extracts, and a photographic image of the Royal Berkshire Regimental band.
An extremely rare Victoria issue Army M.S.M. dated ‘1848’ on obverse awarded to Sergeant Henry Ormerod, Royal Artillery, who distinguished himself at the relief of Bilboa and other actions during the Carlist war of 1836-37 Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R., dated ‘1848’ below bust (Serjt. Henry Ormerod.) cleaned, light edge bruising and contact marks overall, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,400-£1,800 --- M.S.M. with annuity £10 awarded 22 February 1849. ‘This M.S.M. is one of six examples of this very rare award known as extant: Q.M.S. F. Hewson, Rifle Brigade; Sergeant-Major H. Whearing, 17th Foot; Colour-Sergeant J. Searson, 26th Foot; Colour-Sergeant J. Murphy, 91st Foot; Troop Sergeant-Major W. Ryan, 3rd Dragoon Guards, and Ormerod. They are all in the M.S.M. lists issued from 18 April 1848 to 18 August 1849. These lists contain a total of 24 names, however at least two are known from the first of these lists to be the standard undated type.’ (The Annuity M.S.M. 1847-1953, Ian McInnes, refers) Henry Ormerod was born at Bury, Lancaster, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Bolton on 16 February 1826, aged 22. He served at Jamaica, 5 years 1 month, and on the North Coast of Spain, 3 years 8 months. ‘He distinguished himself at the relief of Bilboa in December 1836, and in the operations of 10th and 16th March 1837. He is in possession of 2 medals for service in Spain. He is also in possession of a silver Medal for Good Conduct per Genl. Order of 10 August 1847, which reward he relinquished on being selected to receive a Silver Medal and Annuity of £10 per annum for “Meritorious Service” - per General Order of 22 January 1849.’ Ormerod was appointed Bombardier in January 1831, and promoted Corporal in September 1833 and Sergeant in October 1833. He was discharged at Portsmouth on 10 January 1854, having been found unfit for further service from chronic rheumatism. The surgeon’s report stated that ‘For the last thirteen years he has been employed as Laboratory Serjeant at the practise ground in the Marshes at Woolwich and during that time has had repeated attacks of Ague; after one attack about twelve months ago, he was affected with Rheumatic pains in the legs and loins, which are very much increased during wet weather and incapacitate him from the performance of his ordinary Military duties.’ He was then aged 49 years 11 months, his conduct being described as having been ‘exemplary’. Sold with copied discharge papers.
A Bronze R.V.M. group of four awarded to Bombardier J. Loveday, Royal Horse Artillery, for services at the funeral of King Edward VII 1914 Star, with clasp (50465 Bmbr: J. Loveday. R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (50465 Bmbr. J. Loveday. R.A.); Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze (Gunner J. Loveday. B.B. R.H.A. May. 1910) good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- R.V.M. 7 June 1910, for services with “B” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, at the funeral of King Edward VII. John Loveday served with 7th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, in France from 15 August 1914. He was discharged wounded on 29 January 1915 and is entitled to the Silver War Badge.
Six: Major G. F. Bryant, 29th Bombay Native Infantry Abyssinia 1867 (Lieut. G. F. Bryant Commst. Dept. Bombay Army); Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar (Major G. F. Briant, 29th Bo. N.I.) note spelling of surname; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, unnamed; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Major G. F. Bryant. 2nd Belooch: Regt.); Ottoman Empire, Order of Osmanieh, 4th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamels, with rosette on ribbon; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, nearly very fine and better (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- George Frederick Bryant entered the Bombay Army as a Second Lieutenant on 27 June 1859, and was promoted Lieutenant on 22 August 1861. He was appointed Supernumerary Sub-Assistant Commissary General on 7 October 1864. He served throughout the Abyssinian Campaign in the Commissariat and on special duty connected with the Transport Train (Medal). Promoted to Captain on 27 June 1871, Bryant served as a Wing Officer of the 29th Bombay Native Infantry, and was Wing Officer of the 29th N.I. upon promotion to Major in 1879. He served in the Afghan War of 1879-80, and took part in the advance on Khelat-i-Ghilzie; he also accompanied Sir Frederick Roberts in the march to Kandahar, as well as being present at the battle of Kandahar (Medal and Clasp, and Bronze Decoration). He served in the Egyptian War of 1882 as Wing Commander with the 2nd Baluch Battalion, 29th Bombay N.I. (Medal, 4th Class of the Osmanieh, and Khedive’s Star). Sold with copied Cadet nomination papers.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (J. Anning, Sto. H.M.S. Racer.) officially impressed naming, good very fine £300-£400 --- 91 medals with clasp for Gemaizah issued to Racer, together with 30 clasps to earlier medals. John Anning was born at Plymouth, Devon, in 1854, and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman aboard Agincourt on 1 January 1873. He became a Stoker 2nd Class in March 1881, and was rated Stoker in July 1883. He served aboard Racer from 9 August 1885 to 10 May 1889. He was invalided out from Vivid II on 8 January 1892. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.
1690 Queen Mary II as regent bronze medal designed by James or Norbert Roettier (Eimer 320, Farquhar 1910). Obverse: Right-facing draped bust of Queen Mary, 'MARIA · II · D · G · MAG · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REGINA ·'. Reverse: a full moon with a tiny face amid clouds and stars above a landscape. 'VELVT · INTER · IGNES · LVNA · MINORES' ('like a moon among lesser fires'). Though a Queen Regnant, Mary deferred to her husband, William III and II, except while he was out of the country on campaign. Weight: 56.10g. Diameter: 49mm.
1810 King George III completion of his Golden Jubilee year bronze medal graded MS 62 BN (BHM 685). Obverse: armoured and draped bust of King George III by Thomas Wyon Senior, 'GOD SAVE THE KING.' around. Reverse: arrangement with hourglass, snake and oak branch, ribbon reads 'WE PRAISE THEE O GOD'. 'GEO: III. COMPLETED THE FIFTIETH YEAR OF HIS REIGN' with 'OCTOBER 25. 1810'. Offered in NGC holder (#2903937-003). Diameter: 43mm.
1801 King George III Union of Great Britain and Ireland bronze medal (Eimer 927, BHM 524). Obverse: left facing portrait of King George III, armoured and draped, 'GEORGIUS III · D: G · BRITANNIARUM REX · FIDEI DEF · &c.'. Reverse: Britannia and Hibernia clasping hands, 'JUNGUNTUR OPES FIRMATUR IMPERIUM.'. Commemorates the 1800 Acts of Union which came into force on 1 January 1801, uniting the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Engravings attributed to Conrad Heinrich Küchler. Weight: 54.30g. Diameter: 48mm.
1789 Rich Robinson Baron Roekby Armagh Observatory bronze medal (BHM 330, Eimer 830). Obverse: portrait with wig and vestments, 'RICH · ROBINSON BARON ROKEBY LORD PRIMATE OF ALL IRELAND'. Reverse: front of Armagh Observatory, 'THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD' above with 'MDCCLXXXIX' below. Attributed to engraver William Mossop (1755-1805). Weight: 53.70g. Diameter: 53mm.
1649 King Charles I death and memorial large bronze medal, offered for sale in 1695 (Eimer 162a). Obverse: armoured and draped right-facing portrait of Charles I with legend around 'CAROL D · G · M · C · F · ET · H · REX · & · GLOR · MEM ·'. Reverse: hand from the clouds holds a glowing crown above a landscape with a pair of sheep, 'VIRTVT EX ME FORTVNAM EX ALIJS'. Commemorates the death of the King in 1649 but was engraved sometime later by James and Norbert Roettier. Weight: 50.74g. Diameter: larger 55mm size.
1851 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert large bronze Great Exhibition prize medal awarded to Alexander Lawson (Eimer 1456, BHM 2462). Obverse: conjoined busts of Victoria and Albert with dolphins below and a trident to the right, designed by William and Leonard Charles Wyon. Legend: 'VICTORIA D: G: BRIT: REG F:D: ALBERTUS PRINCEPS CONJUX.' With 'MDCCCLI' below. Reverse: Britannia bestows the wreath of industry while female figures representing Africa, Asia, Europe and America look on. 'DISSOCIATA LOCIS CONCORDI PACE LIGAWIT' around. Edge: 'PRIZE MEDAL OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.' And 'ALEXANDER LAWSON. CLASS XIV.'. Weight: 263g. Diameter: 76mm.
1714 King George I official silver Coronation medal by John Croker with laureate bust (Eimer 470). Obverse: right-facing armoured and draped effigy of the first British monarch of the House of Hanover. Legend: 'GEORIVS · D: G · MAG · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REX'. Reverse: Britannia crowns and enthroned George, below: 'INAVGVRAT · XX · OCT · MDCCXIIII'. The official Royal Mint coronation medal. Comes in a modern box. Weight: 15.80g. Diameter: 34mm.
c1975 John Pinches Complete Works of Johannes Vermeer 31-medal plated set in original box with book. Includes (1) Christ in the House of Mary and Martha medal, (2) Diana at Rest medal, (3) The Procuress medal, (4) Girl Asleep medal, (5) The Soldier and the Laughing Girl medal, (6) Girl Reading a Letter medal, (7) The Milkmaid medal, (8) The Glass of Wine medal, (9) The Street medal, (10) View of Delft medal, (11) Lady and Two Gentlemen medal, (12) Woman with Waterjug medal, (13) The String of Pearls medal, (14) Lady in Blue medal, (15) Woman Weighing Gold medal, (16) The Music Lesson medal, (17) The Concert medal, (18) The Girl with a Pearl Earring medal, (19) The Art of Painting medal, (20) Girl Writing medal, (21) Lady with Maidservant medal, (22) The Love Letter medal, (23) The Astronomer medal, (24) The Geographer medal, (25) Lady Standing at the Virginals medal, (26) The Lacemaker medal, (27) Woman Writing a Letter medal, (28) Woman Playing the Guitar medal, (29) Allegory of Faith medal, (30) Head of a Girl medal, and (31) Woman Seated at the Virginals medal. Composition: 925 silver with gold plating, hallmarked to the edge.
1843 high relief bronze medal celebrating Queen Victoria's visit to Ghent. Obverse: robed bust of a crowned Victoria with 'VICTORIA REINE D'ANGLETERRE'. Below truncation: 'VERACHTER DIR. HART FECIT' identifying the medallist as Joseph Laurent Hart. Reverse: crowned arms of the city of Ghent. Above: 'LA REINE A GAND', below '16 SEPTEMBRE 1843'. Victoria made a state visit to Belgium in September 1843, visiting her uncle, Leopold I, the first King of the Belgians. Weight: 77.4g. Diameter: 55mm.
1809 white metal King George III 'National Jubilee' medal issued for his Golden Jubilee (BHM 652). Obverse: draped portrait of the King, 'KING GEORGE III, ASCENDED THE BRITISH THRONE. OCT 25 1760.'. Below: 'NATIONAL JUBILEE. OCT · 25. 1809.'. Reverse: winged female figure '1760 GEORGE THE III REIGNS 1809' above with 'LONG LIVE THE KING' on ribbon below. 'P. WYON' to reverse left for Peter Wyon. Weight: 58.40g. Diameter: 52mm.
1702 Queen Anne accession medal in silver by John Croker graded AU 58 by NGC (Eimer 388, MI-227-1). Obverse: crowned and draped left-facing bust of Queen Anne. 'ANNA · D: G: MAG: BR FR · ET · HIB: REGINA ·'. Reverse: a crowned heart within branches of oak on a pedestal inscribed 'ATAVIS REGIBVS' with 'ENTIRELY ENGLISH' around. Anne succeeded her brother-in-law King William III in 1702. Medal comes sealed in NGC holder (#2903936-006). Diameter: 35mm.
Group of two (2) 1832 Reform Act (Representation of the People Act) medals in silver and white metal. Includes (1) 1832 silver Reform Act medal with a female figure receiving the act from Britannia, attributed to Benjamin Wyon, and (2) 1832 white metal medal with a portrait of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey with English lion to the reverse.
1649/1695 King Charles I large bronze commemorative memorial medal (Eimer 162a). Obverse: armoured and draped right-facing portrait of Charles I with legend around 'CAROL D · G · M · C · F · ET · H · REX · & · GLOR · MEM ·'. Reverse: hand from the clouds holds a glowing crown above a landscape with a pair of sheep, 'VIRTVT EX ME FORTVNAM EX ALIJS'. Commemorates the death of the King in 1649 but was engraved sometime later by James and Norbert Roettier. Weight: 53.52g. Diameter: larger 55mm size.
1902 King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra official silver coronation medal (Eimer 1871a, BHM 3737). Obverse: crowned draped effigy of Edward VII facing right with laurels at shoulder, 'EDWARD VII CROWNED 9 · AUGUST 1902' around. Reverse: crowned and veiled bust of Queen Alexandra of Denmark with English roses. 'ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT' around with '9 · AUG. 1902' on ribbon below. Engraver: George William de Saulles. Official larger-size Royal Mint issue, also in bronze and gold. Comes in original red box of issue with the Kings' cypher to the lid. Weight: 84.60g. Diameter: 56mm.
Group of four (4) 19th-century medals with a coin weight. Includes: (1) 1831 brass opening of London Bridge medal, (2) 1936 King Edward VIII accession and abdication medal in bronze, (3) 1757 Frederick the Great of Prussia medal, cast (?) in bronze. Also (4) a Royal Mint Third Guinea coin weight dated 1821.
1821 King George IV bronze Coronation medal by Thomas Halliday and Peter Kempson (BHM 1073). Obverse: laureate bust, left, of George IV in high relief. 'GEORGIUS IV. D: G: BRITT: REX F: D:' around. Below: 'P. K. & S. DIREX' - 'P. K.' For the Birmingham medalist and button maker, Peter Kempson. Reverse: four bishops crowning the enthroned figure of the King, holding orb and sceptre. Below: 'GEO: IV. CORONAT: / MDCCCXXI.'. Not listed in Eimer. Weight: 50.34g. Diameter: 50mm.
1738 Daniel Francois, Count of Lautrec, Peace at Geneva bronze medal by Jean Antoine Dassier. Struck in the Count's honour by the city of Geneva, Switzerland. Obverse: armoured and draped portrait, 'D · F · COMES A LAUTREC LEGAT · REG · AD PAC · GENEV · 1738'. Reverse: figures of Courage, Prudence and Justice. 'FORTITUDO PRUDENTIA AEQUITAS' above with 'CONSPICUAE IN VNO ·' below. Weight: 77.90g. Diameter: 54.5mm.
1974 Sir Winston Churchill Centenary silver proof 24-medal set by John Pinches Medallists in leather folio. Includes (1) Birth at Blenheim Palace medal, (2) Schooldays at Harrow medal, (3) Battle of Omdurman medal, (4) Escape from the Boers medal, (5) Elected MP for Oldham medal, (6) Marriage to Clementine Hozier medal, (7) Siege of Sidney Street medal, (8) Mobilisation of the Fleet medal, (9) Development of the Tank medal (10) In the Trenches medal, (11) Victory Parade 1918 medal, (12) Writing at Chartwell medal, (13) Winston Churchill Painting medal, (14) Famous Speeches medal, (15) The Battle of Britain medal, (16) The Blitz medal, (17) Addressing US Congress medal, (18) D-Day medal, (19) Three-Power Conference medal, (20) VE-Day medal, (21) Congress of Europe medal, (22) Knight of The Garter medal, (23) Honorary Citizen USA medal, and (24) Funeral Cortege medal. Includes hand-signed certificate of authenticity from the Churchill Centenary Trust. Composition: 925 silver. Weights: 25g (each).
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